Directions:Use an atlas to answer the following questions. During discussion you may jot down notes about those features that may be used in the analysis portion of this activity.
1. Name the large desert in northwestern China? Taklamakan Desert 2. What is the desert that extends 1,000 miles through southeast Mongolia and north Chi Gobi Desert 3. What is the plateau in the southwestern part of China (most of which is above 13,000 ft) that comprises approximately one fourth of the whole country? Yunnan Plateau 4. What is the mountain range south of the Plateau of Tibet that extends 1,500 miles through five countries? The Himalayas 5. What is the tallest peak in the mountain range identified in question #4? Mount Everest
6. Name the body of water that is surrounded by China, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan? The Yellow sea 7. Name the body of water surrounded by China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam? South China Sea 8. What body of water is located between Korea and China? Yellow sea 9. What is the river that begins in the Plateau of Tibet and runs across farmlands of northeast China? Nu River 10. What is the plain upon which China’s capital, Beijing, is located? North China plain 11. What is the plateau in southern China? (much of China’s rice is grown there) Plateau of Tibet
12. What is the river that flows from the Plateau of Tibet across central and southern China to the East China Sea? Huang He
Analysis – How may China’s geography affect … Society/Culture: a. What types of features (mountains, seas, rivers, etc.) would most likely isolate China from other cultures? The Great Wall of China And the mountains Explain:
b. Based on the geographical features you analyzed above, what areas/countries would China most likely have closer contact with?
Mongolia Thailand Explain: Because those countries are not separated from china by water or other states
Economy: c. In reviewing questions 9-12, why do you think the Chinese built the Grand Canal where they did? So that foreign traders could sell things to china
Date: 1/4/11
WH -Influence of Geography on
Chinese Economy and Culture
Directions: Use an atlas to answer the following questions. During discussion you may jot down notes about those features that may be used in the analysis portion of this activity.
1. Name the large desert in northwestern China?
Taklamakan Desert
2. What is the desert that extends 1,000 miles through southeast Mongolia and north Chi
Gobi Desert
3. What is the plateau in the southwestern part of China (most of which is above 13,000 ft) that comprises approximately one fourth of the whole country?
Yunnan Plateau
4. What is the mountain range south of the Plateau of Tibet that extends 1,500 miles through five countries?
The Himalayas
5. What is the tallest peak in the mountain range identified in question #4?
Mount Everest
6. Name the body of water that is surrounded by China, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan?
The Yellow sea
7. Name the body of water surrounded by China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam?
South China Sea
8. What body of water is located between Korea and China?
Yellow sea
9. What is the river that begins in the Plateau of Tibet and runs across farmlands of northeast China?
Nu River
10. What is the plain upon which China’s capital, Beijing, is located?
North China plain
11. What is the plateau in southern China? (much of China’s rice is grown there) Plateau of Tibet
12. What is the river that flows from the Plateau of Tibet across central and southern China to the East China Sea?
Huang He
Analysis – How may China’s geography affect …
Society/Culture:
a. What types of features (mountains, seas, rivers, etc.) would most likely isolate China from other cultures?
The Great Wall of China And the mountains
Explain:
b. Based on the geographical features you analyzed above, what areas/countries would China most likely have closer contact with?
Mongolia Thailand
Explain: Because those countries are not separated from china by water or other states
Economy:
c. In reviewing questions 9-12, why do you think the Chinese built the Grand Canal where they did?
So that foreign traders could sell things to china